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Good time girls of the Pacific Northwest : a red-light history of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska / Jan MacKell Collins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, Jan MacKell, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prostitution--Northwest, Pacific--History.
- Prostitution.
- Prostitutes--Northwest, Pacific--History.
- Prostitutes.
- Prostitution--Washington (State)--History.
- Prostitutes--Washington (State)--History.
- Prostitution--Oregon--History.
- Prostitutes--Oregon--History.
- Prostitution--Alaska--History.
- Prostitutes--Alaska--History.
- History.
- Pacific Northwest.
- Alaska.
- Oregon.
- Washington (State).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2020]
- Summary:
- As more and more pioneers braved the harsh, unforgiving conditions of moving West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. Oregon, Alaska, and Washington State had their share of working girls and madams like Nellie Curtis and Klondike Kate who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Camp Women of Washington p. 1
- Chapter 2 Scarlet Women of Seattle p. 15
- Chapter 3 Madam Lou Graham, Seattle's Leading Strumpet p. 27
- Chapter 4 Josephine Wolfe of Walla Walla p. 35
- Chapter 5 Harry Morgan's Tacoma p. 43
- Chapter 6 Sin in Spokane p. 50
- Chapter 7 Nellie Curtis, the Belle of Seattle and Aberdeen p. 56
- Chapter 8 Jane Barnes, First Maiden of Oregon p. 65
- Chapter 9 Astoria, "The Most Wicked Place on Earth" p. 69
- Chapter 10 Naughty Ladies of North Bend and Marshfield p. 76
- Chapter 11 Oregon's Camp Followers and Circuit Riders p. 88
- Chapter 12 Copperfield, No Place for a Lady, or a Gentleman p. 100
- Chapter 13 Coquettes of Coquille and Other Places p. 109
- Chapter 14 Prostitution in Portland p. 119
- Chapter 15 Sirens of Salem p. 139
- Chapter 16 Gold Rush Girls of Alaska p. 149
- Chapter 17 The Demimonde of Dawson City p. 157
- Chapter 18 Klondike Kate of the Yukon p. 169
- Chapter 19 Soiled Doves of Skaguay p. 179
- Chapter 20 Dolly Arthur, the "Sporting Lady" of Ketchikan p. 187
- Chapter 21 Zula Swanson, "Alaska's Richest Black" p. 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781493038091
- 1493038095
- OCLC:
- 1143314939
- Publisher Number:
- 99984213071
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